Thief Arrested in $47000 Treasury Heist in Washington
Freeport Journal reports on the arrest of Halleck for stealing a forty seven thousand dollar package from the Treasury Department in Washington. He is said to have two confederates, Otto man and a gambler. Otto man has made large bank deposits in Alexandria, Virginia, and authorities hope to recover both the money and the thieves.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Halleck
Ottoman
Alexandria
Virginia
Kentucky Election Stance by Gen Harlan
General Harlan, Republican candidate for Kentucky governor, argued that Democrats have held power since the war and used wartime prejudices to purge Union supporters. He noted a state convention ticket offering only one wartime ally of the government, criticizing the party's postwar aims.
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Gen. Harlan
Kentucky
German Club of New York Calls German Voters to Oppose Inflation Platform
The German Club of New York unanimously adopts a resolution urging German citizens in Ohio and Iowa to vote as one man against the party advocating financial inflation. It warns that such a stance endangers the free school system and aims to keep German Americans vigilant on vital issues.
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United States
New York City
Ohio
Iowa
East
Greeley
Kirkwood
Free Soil
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Editor questions party loyalty and honesty in Brent era politics
The Monitor editor attacks party leaders as self serving coalition seekers. He questions past editorial bias at the Bulletin and warns readers to doubt claimed independence and principles amid accusations of selling out for office.
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Monitor
Brent Democratic Party
Republican Party
The
Bulletin
Stephenson County
Kentucky Democrat Beck Advocates Abolishing Lieutenant General Office
James B. Beck of Kentucky, a rising Democratic Senate candidate, spoke in Covington on Sunday night denouncing Gen Sheridan’s conduct. He urged Congress to abolish the Lieutenant General of the Army and refused to fund what he called atrocious actions. He urged Kentuckians to back the Democratic majority to reach such officials.
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Wien James B. Beck
Kentucky
United States Senate
Covington
Louisiana
Gen. Sheridan
Congress
Democratic Party
Union Gener
Trust in Democratic Leaders Questioned in Comment
The piece ponders whether the Democratic party can be trusted as it argues that the Army would be commanded by a distinguished Democrat such as Geo B McClellan Jo Johnston or Jeff Davis, and questions the party's reliability.
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Sheridan
United States Army
Geo. B McClellan
Jo Johnston
Jeff Davis
Common Sense in Politics and the Republican Record
A political column argues for trusting the Republican party despite faults, praising its past fourteen years. It frames criticism of minor faults as unwise, asserting the party’s honesty, patriotism, and dedication to justice and humanity as basis for continued support. The piece stresses fidelity to the Republic through both peril and peace.
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Republican Party
Republic
National Methodist Camp Meeting Opens at Old Orchard Beach
News from BropEFORD Maine reports crowds arriving for the National Methodist Camp Meeting at Old Orchard Beach, running August 5 to 15, Reverend I G Inskip presiding, with eleven states represented and expected broad participation.
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Bropeford
National Methodist
Old Orchard Beach
I.G. Inskip
National Association
Winnebago County
Elkhorn
Wis
Frank Barker
Sugar Creek
Springfield
Danville
New York
Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad
Toledo & Wabash Road
Fran W. Shepherd
Michael Marky
Shepherd
Brotherhood of Engineers
United States
O’connell
Dublin
Fenian Amnesty Association
Tte
O’hagan
Butt
Duffy
Ireland
Elgin Bluff
Frankford
Bridesburg Arsenal
Minnesota Platform and tariff debate spark party split
The opinion piece argues for a revenue tariff favoring home industry and labor, opposing protection for farmers and wage earners. It cites Republican contrasts with Democrats, notes currency debates, and praises Grant’s push for specie payments while criticizing cross-party alliances and Liberal Republicans returning to the fold.
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Minnesota
Pennsylvania
New England
Chicago ‘Tribune
Napoleon
Scott
South Carolina
United States
Senate
North
Zoledo
West
Kalamazoo
Mich
The
New York Tribune
Portland Advertiser
Allen
Cary
Cincinnati Gazette
Grant
Boston Transcript
Democratic Party of the North
War Department error linked to officer’s death
Notice from Treasury shows an apparent $1600 balance in a war department officer’s account. Investigation revealed a years old misposting from another department, and the death by own action followed the resultant disgrace. An Ohio river reading notes a decline and heavy drifting, while Oshkosh endures a new major fire with limited details.
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Treasury
War Department
Carro
Ohio
Wabash
Grayville
Cairo & Vincennes Railroad
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Centenary celebration of Daniel O Connell noted abroad
The centennial of Daniel O Connell birth was celebrated in Dublin Thursday to Saturday and in many Irish communities worldwide on Friday. The Chicago Tribune reports celebrations in America’s principal cities and in Dublin as the event drew broad observance.
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Dublin
America
Chicago Tribune
O Connell as a statesman and abolitionist icon
The piece honors Daniel O Connell as a statesman championing absolute separation of church and state universal liberty and universal suffrage. It condemns Irish Americans who supported slavery and aligned with Catholic liberty yet opposed O Connell s principles amid debates on emancipation and political reform. It recounts his wit notable episode with Russell and reflects on temperance politics and party alignments in Harper s Weekly.
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England
O’connell
Rome
Ireland
O'Connell
United States
France
America
American Republic
John Hughes
Archbishop Purcell
Dr. Russell
O’ Connell
Russell
The
Times
London Times
Mr. Russell
Easiy
Longtime Lanark editor John R. Howlett Dies at 41
John R. Howlett, former editor and proprietor of the Carroll County Gazette, died Monday July 26 1875 at nine o'clock PM after a long illness. Born in Richfield New York he began in Lanark with the Lat Ark Banner later joining the Carroll Co Gazette. He was a faithful, sometimes outspoken journalist who helped elevate the local paper. His funeral Wednesday drew large crowds with Masonic honors. A large procession included the Lanark Mt Carroll cornet band and the Masonic orders from the area.
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O'Lock
John R. Howlett
Cara Gazette
Howlett
Richfield
N.Y
Lanath
Latark
Carroll Co. Gazette
Lanar
Caln
Ark
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Poe
Carroll County
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Charles Nordhoff
South
New York Herald
Stockford Gazette
Daniel O’connell
Pete
Aly
Prohibition East
Liberty Party
Harper's Weekly
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